Canada's governing Conservative Party has expelled one of its Members of Parliament -- for blogging. Garth Turner, Conservative MP for Halton, author of "The Turner Diaries Report" (link) was today suspended from the ruling party's caucus because of his blog. "There is [sic] attacks that were made on individuals, including the Prime Minister," explained Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer. "The theme of confidentiality was not being respected, in their opinion, and it restricted the ability for members to operate in a confidential way." At least one national pundit compares the exiling to 1984.
posted by docgonzo on Oct 18, 2006 - 75 comments

Devoter ... "like Metafilter, only much more political." From our own jca.
posted by dobbs on Aug 2, 2006 - 51 comments

A "bipartisan" look at political weblogging (pdf); they're soliciting comments.
posted by kliuless on Jul 21, 2004 - 8 comments

Robot Wisdom weblogger and prolific online writer Jorn Barger has been missing since early October, according to friend Eric Wagoner.
posted by rcade on Dec 2, 2003 - 51 comments